Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Medicinal wood decay fungi on large old oaks in the Madonie Mountains (Sicily) |
| Authors: |
Fortunato Cirlincione, Giuseppe Venturella, Maria Letizia Gargano, Giulia Mirabile, Gaetano Balenzano, Raimondo Pardi, Valeria Ferraro |
| Source: |
Italian Journal of Mycology, Vol 53, Pp 160-165 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: |
University of Bologna, 2024. |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Biology (General)
LCC:Botany |
| Subject Terms: |
old trees, quercus pubescens, wood-decay fungi, medicinal mushrooms, sicily, Biology (General), QH301-705.5, Botany, QK1-989 |
| More Details: |
Periodic observations made on two 800-plus-year-old Quercus pubescens trees in the Madonie Mountains (Sicily) revealed the presence of two saprotroph and occasionally weak parasite fungi. The basiodiomycetes Laetiporus sulphureus and Pseudoinonotus dryadeus were identified by combining morphological and observation of microscopic characters with molecular analysis. The two mushrooms fall in the so-named category of “medicinal mushrooms” showing many properties such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer, cytotoxic, hypoglycemic and anti-inflammatory. Actions are proposed to safeguard old trees and, simultaneously, preserve ex situ the wood-decay fungi of potential medicinal interest. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2531-7342 |
| Relation: |
https://italianmycology.unibo.it/article/view/19902; https://doaj.org/toc/2531-7342 |
| DOI: |
10.6092/issn.2531-7342/19902 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/b50abe26f28f49f8bc228771e63cecde |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.b50abe26f28f49f8bc228771e63cecde |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
